FR Doc 04-12663
[Federal Register: June 7, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 109)]
[Notices]
[Page 31841-31842]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service, Salinas Pueblo Missions National
Monument, Mountainair, NM
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service, Salinas Pueblo Missions National
Monument, Mountainair, NM, that meet the definition of ``unassociated
funerary objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of
the superintendent, Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.
The 349 items are 1 antler artifact, 1 axe, 2 awls, 89 individual
and 1 box of beads, 1 biface, 2 faunal bone artifacts, 7 individual and
10 bags of unworked faunal bone, 4 ceramic bowls, 3 pieces of charcoal,
12 concretions, 1 segment of cordage, 58 bags of corn kernels, 1 corn
plant, 8 corn cobs, 25 crystals, 1 stone disk, 1 drill, 13 effigies, 1
fetish, 1 ceramic jar, 1 mano, 15 pendants, 5 pieces and 3 bags of
pigment, 5 pipes, 1 pitcher, 13 polishing stones, 7 projectile points,
1 shaft straightener, 2 pieces of worked and 1 piece of unworked shell,
5 pieces and 8 bags of sherds, 16 unworked stones, 14 textile pieces, 1
tinkler, and 8 tubes.
In 1941, one ceramic bowl was recovered during legally authorized
excavations conducted by Washington & Jefferson College at site LA 83,
named Pueblo Pardo Ruin or Grey Town, as part of a field school
program. Pueblo Pardo Ruin is located in Socorro County, NM, and, based
on material culture and architectural features, dates to the Pueblo III
and Pueblo IV periods (A.D. 1300 to 1630). Due to the proximity (3
miles south) and contemporaneous habitation of Pueblo Pardo Ruin with
the pueblos of the Gran Quivira area, the college donated the ceramic
bowl to the monument in 1942. Records indicate that the bowl was
recovered from a burial and that the human remains were not collected.
Between 1965 and 1967, the other 348 cultural items described above
were
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recovered during legally authorized National Park Service excavations
at Mound 7 of the Pueblo de Las Humanas complex in Torrance and Soccoro
Counties, NM, a site located within the boundaries of the monument's
Gran Quivira unit. Records indicate that the objects were recovered
from burials (primarily cremations) but that the associated human
remains either were not collected or were not retained. Based on
material culture and architectural features, Mound 7 dates from the
Pueblo IV period (A.D. 1300 to 1672).
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument professional staff have
reviewed the archeological and ethnographic literature and a cultural
affiliation study by the National Park Service, and have consulted with
the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kiowa Indian Tribe
of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Wichita and
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; Ysleta
del Sur Pueblo of Texas; Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico; and Piro-Manso-Tiwa Indian Tribe (a nonfederally recognized
Indian group). All of the New Mexico tribes and pueblos were invited to
participate in consultation. The Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah requested all of the mailings but did not participate in the
consultation meetings. As part of the consultation process, the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
submitted cultural affiliation statements claiming ancestry with the
Mogollon and Anasazi cultures.
The prehistoric Pueblo culture of the Gran Quivira area during the
Basketmaker III through the Spanish Contact periods (A.D. 500 to 1672)
has been termed Jumano by anthropologists. Located in what is now
central New Mexico, the Jumano culture was similar to the Rio Grande
Anasazi culture as evidenced by the presence of masonry pueblos,
ceremonial kivas, black and white pottery, and agriculture. The pueblo-
dwelling Jumano were also influenced by the Mogollon culture as
reflected in the use of brown utility ware pottery and Mogollon
settlement patterns. Just prior to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, the
region, including the Jumano Pueblos of Las Humanas and Pueblo Pardo,
was abandoned due to drought, famine, and increased raiding by Plains
and Athabascan groups. Historic Spanish records document the
depopulation of the area and the movement of the people to the pueblos
of the Rio Grande valley and to the El Paso-Juarez area.
Officials of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the cultural items
are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to
have been removed from a specific burial site of Native American
individuals. Officials of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced
between the 349 unassociated funerary objects and the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. In
addition, officials of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument have
determined that a cultural relationship exists between the unassociated
funerary objects and the Piro-Manso-Tiwa Indian Tribe (a nonfederally
recognized Indian group).
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should
contact Glenn M. Fulfer, Superintendent, Salinas Pueblo Missions
National Monument, P.O. Box 517, Mountainair, NM 87036, telephone (505)
847-2585, extension 25, before July 7, 2004. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument is responsible for
notifying the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Wichita
and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma;
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico; and Piro-Manso-Tiwa Indian Tribe (a nonfederally recognized
Indian group) that this notice has been published.
Date: April 2, 2004.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
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